The new procurement model set to be unveiled in the UK Chancellor’s autumn statement may not herald the flow of new projects that private investors are hoping for. Introducing more widespread charging on the country’s roads could change that, but would constitute political dynamite.
8 min read · 15 January 2013
In his first term, Governor Luis Fortuño reinvented Puerto Rico as a pioneering infrastructure state in order to stave off fiscal ruin. Now fighting for re-election, the erstwhile corporate lawyer is adamant: privatisation is here to stay—and Puerto Rico is proof. Chris Glynn reports
8 min read · 15 January 2013
Carlos Robles Gil, managing director at Boston Infrastructure Investments (B2i), examines the prospects for Mexican infrastructure during Peña Nieto’s administration.
7 min read · 15 January 2013
Europe’s bad fortune has been Asia’s opportunity, as infrastructure players from the region have risen to fill the funding gap. Japanese organisations have been at the forefront of this change, writes Mirzaan Jamwal
5 min read · 15 January 2013
The new procurement model set to be unveiled in the UK Chancellor’s autumn statement may not herald the flow of new projects that private investors are hoping for. Introducing more widespread charging on the country’s roads could change that, but would constitute political dynamite.
8 min read · 15 January 2013
Delegates at the 2012 BVCA Summit in London probably expected an uneventful industry conference. Instead, they got a scathing criticism of GPs from one of the UK’s leading investors
2 min read · 14 January 2013
CFO Jonathan Schmugge and general counsel Martin Auerbach are two of the four professionals named senior managing director-partner. The promotions come as Z Capital targets $500m for its second special situations fund.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The Nordic region is largely free of the macroeconomic issues afflicting the rest of Europe, so it’s attracting an ever greater share of the region’s private equity capital. But these small, export-driven economies are still exposed to the problems further south, which is constraining dealflow. And in Sweden, the threat of swingeing tax hikes – not helped by an ongoing image problem – is putting the entire future of the local industry under real threat. James Taylor went to Stockholm in October to ask five leading players how they’re adapting to the changing world
10 min read · 14 January 2013
With its unusual deal sourcing model and its willingness to back entrepreneurs throughout the cycle, US-based growth investor Summit Partners continues to plough a profitable furrow in a crowded segment, writes Christopher Witkowsky
10 min read · 14 January 2013
It's leverage people should be talking about.
3 min read · 14 January 2013
